Nightjar Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite	Nightjar (NanoAvionics IoD 1)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Was operational until 2024-08-23, 1 week? (NanoAvionics post on 2024-08-19 implies that commissioning has started and object indentified. Taiwan news talks about running out of power due to battery issues at low temperature. Last checked 2024-09-30)
Launched	2024-08-16
NORAD ID	60535
Deployer	EXOpod Nova 12U/16U [Exolaunch]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Transporter-11)
Entity name	Rapidtek Technologies
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Nation (HQ)	Taiwan
Nation (AIT)	Lithuania
Manufacturer	AIVT by NanoAvionics
Operator	NanoAvionics
Oneliner	Two 3U satellites, equipped with an RGB imager and a software-defined radio (SDR), are set to perform in-orbit demonstrations.
Results	Ran out of power after just one week in space due to battery issues at low temperatures.
Failure cause	Running out of power due to battery issues at low temperatures.
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Photo sources	[1] [2] [3]
COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - NanoAvionics
Subsystems sources	[1]
On the same launch	BRO-14 BRO-15 CAKRA-1 Connecta IoT 1 Connecta IoT 2 Connecta IoT 3 Connecta IoT 4 CUAVA-2 Deimos Flock-4be 1 Flock-4be 2 Flock-4be 3 Flock-4be 4 Flock-4be 5 Flock-4be 6 Flock-4be 7 Flock-4be 8 Flock-4be 9 Flock-4be 10 Flock-4be 11 Flock-4be 12 Flock-4be 13 Flock-4be 14 Flock-4be 15 Flock-4be 16 Flock-4be 17 Flock-4be 18 Flock-4be 19 Flock-4be 20 Flock-4be 21 Flock-4be 22 Flock-4be 23 Flock-4be 24 Flock-4be 25 Flock-4be 26 Flock-4be 27 Flock-4be 28 Flock-4be 29 Flock-4be 30 Flock-4be 31 Flock-4be 32 Flock-4be 33 Flock-4be 34 Flock-4be 35 Flock-4be 36 ERNST GaindeSat GNA-3 Hubble 3 (Lemur-2) Hyperfield-1 HYPSO-2 IPERDRONE Kanyini Lemu Nge Lemur-2 Lemur-2 Lopen Nightjar OreSat0.5 Phi-Sat-2 PICO-1B-1 PICO-1B-2 PICO-1B-3 PICO-1B-4 PICO-1B-5 PICO-1B-6 PICO-1B-7 PICO-1B-8 PICO-1B-9 PTD-4 PTD-R QUBE Rock Sateliot_1 Sateliot_2 Sateliot_3 Sateliot_4 SATORO-T2 Tomorrow-S1 Tomorrow-S2 TORO TROOP-F2 UM5-EOSat UM5-Ribat Waratah Seed WREN Lemur-2 Lemur-2 Lemur-2 Lemur-2 Sedna 1 SR-0 DemoSAT

Last modified: 2024-12-31